Fence-post.



G. H. WHITE.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 1, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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A/lorney COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH CO.. WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE H. WHITE, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA.

FENCE-POST.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE H. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Enid, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fence-posts; and more particularly to that class of posts that may be manufactured in parts, so as to be packed for shipment or storage, and may be set up or knocked down with ease and facility.

A further object is to construct a post which will have but few parts, will be durable, cheap, may be easily manufactured, and requires little knowledge to handle.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like symbols of reference represent corresponding parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a perspective view of my fencepost as it appears in use, looking from the outside of the same; and, Fig. 2 is a view as it appears from the inclosure.

1 indicates the corner post, made preferably of steel or angle-iron, as shown; 2 a metallic plate or the like to clamp the fence wires to the same.

3 are recesses or notches in the side of the fence-post to receive the wires and hold them in their proper position on the post; and 4 are the fence wires.

5 are bolts to secure the plate 2 to the post.

' 6 and 7 are brace rods disposed obliquely to the post; and 8 and 9 horizontal brace rods extending from the braces 6 and 7. These braces, as shown, are adapted to be connected to each other by means of bolts 10 in bolt-holes 11.

12 and 13 are bolt holes in the post, and 14. and 15 bolts securing the braces to the post.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 636,467.

16 are nuts to lock the bolts.

It will be noticed that the horizontal braces go beyond the post to afford an additional brace in the ground.

The construction and operation of the post will be apparent from the foregoing description.

WVhen it is desired to ship or store the post, the bolts are released by unscrewing the nuts therefrom, when as it will be seen the horizontal braces connected with the oblique braces fall and fit together, by the fact that the bolts connecting said braces are not unscrewed, and the different parts may be placed in small compass.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent:-

1. The combination with the post proper, of oblique braces detachably connected to the inside of the post, and horizontal braces connected to the oblique braces and to the outside of the base of the post, said horizontal braces extending beyond the post.

2. The combination with the post proper, of angular braces connected to the upper and lower portions of said post, said angular braces being connected back to back, so that the upper fastening will be on the inside of the post and the lower on the outside thereof. 3. The combination with the post proper formed of angle-iron, of oblique braces connected to the same, said braces formed of angleiron, and horizontal braces formed of angle-iron, said braces adapted to be placed back to back and connected together so that they may be collapsed and folded in small compass.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE H. WHITE. Witnesses:

A. B. WHITE, PETER J. FRIESEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents,

Washington, D. C. 

